Mother’s Day review of the week.

Y is this important? 52,000 special education students in Chicago, most poor, most students of color… when these kids have rights violated and don’t get the education they deserve… they are hurt, their families are hurt, society is hurt. https://t.co/E5xlbboTyb

Gitlin thinks what we call “’68” was a list of calamities and the victory of counter-revolution. I remember it as an awakening, revolt, violent repression and more revolt. https://t.co/b22rjTpJBe via @nybooks

I lost my son, Xavier, to senseless gun violence six months ago. Today is his birthday. There’s no better way to celebrate his life than to speak out alongside these courageous students saying no to racist school closings in Chicago. We need an Illinois where equity is paramount. pic.twitter.com/4MQSusFCLI

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A tip lead me to follow this, and it checks out: Bevin appointed Christy Trout to be ABC (alcoholic beverage control) Commissioner in October 2016 (after abruptly firing previous Commish) – she had clerked for van Tatenhove previously – then there are all kinds of “happy couple” pictures with van Tatenhove on Trout’s FACEBOOK page, until the two are married on April 20, 2018. We filed November, 2016, and van Tatenhove decided against us September, 2017. All during deliberation, van Tatenhove is having an affair with a high Bevin official, the ABC Commissioner, who clerked for him, was seemingly his lover, and whom he eventually marries.

This looks like a serious conflict while van Tatenhove is in the process of deciding our case: his lover/fiance/wife is high in the Bevin Administration, and van Tatenhove decides for Bevin, and against us.

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